''Andhra Jyothi'' (; ) is the third largest circulated Telugu language daily newspaper of

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sold mostly in the states of

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and

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. It was founded by K. L. N. Prasad, an Industrialist on 1 July 1960. It is also one of the oldest running

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daily newspapers. It was taken over by Vemuri Radha Krishna, also known as R. K. in 2002 who also works as the Managing Director.

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It is published from 21 centers across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Vemuri Radhakrishna Vemuri Radhakrishna is the managing director of ABN Andhra Jyothi. Radhakrishna did take over Andhra Jyoti from the prior owner, K.L.N. Prasad, and launched it on 15 October 2002. He is known for his talk show, ''Open Heart with RK'' (OHRK) on ...

, a senior journalist turned entrepreneur is its Managing Director and Renowned journalist N.Rahul Kumar is its Editor. It is the third-largest circulated Telugu daily, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) and is known for its dynamic political reporting. Andhra Jyothi has a vast reporting network in every nook and corner of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also has a considerable presence in New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh. The group also owns a Telugu TV news channel

ABN Andhra Jyothi ABN Andhra Jyothy is an Indian Telugu-language 24-hour news channel launched on 15 October 2009. Aamoda Broadcasting Network is the holding company of the channel and is promoted by Vemuri Radhakrishna. The media house also owns the Telugu da ...

and a weekly magazine Navya. According to the Audit bureau of circulation for the H12022, Andhrajyothi had a circulation of 375,661, ranked at 17th place among daily newspapers in India. Its circulation during Q2 2019 was 664,352. Circulation dropped by 43.45% over three year period.

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Though initially started out as a neutral and non-political party oriented newspaper and was later taken over by a different organisations, the newspaper under this organization became an arch-rival to the previous

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Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his political party

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. The newspaper and its Managing Director Vemuri Radha Krishna are often criticized for publishing news in the support of

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led

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Andhra Jyothi official website
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